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Red Flags of Good Game Design

Started by TristramEvans, April 10, 2013, 06:15:29 PM

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Phillip

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April 14, 2013, 05:58:07 PM
Quote from: silva;645750I think the hobby's default/traditional model of combat resolution (an entire sub-system full of minutia and idiossincrasies) is an artifact from its wargaming roots.
So, however, are the much more "quick and dirty" models found in early games such as D&D and T&T.

I would say that what we see today owes more to a shift from the original miniatures-hobby ethos to a boardgame-hobby ethos.

Whether yielding more detailed simulation or greater abstraction, the latter is much more attuned to the institution of hard and fast rules laid down by 'professional' authorities, less attuned to the tradition of the Game Master using "house rules" and ad hoc adjudication.
And we are here as on a darkling plain  ~ Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, ~ Where ignorant armies clash by night.

gleichman

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April 14, 2013, 06:52:15 PM Last Edit: April 14, 2013, 07:16:16 PM by gleichman
Quote from: Phillip;645864I see it in Gleichman's Designer's Notes from a dozen years ago, and can only wonder how he became the enfant terrible he is today.

Dealing with the likes of  TristramEvans, Pundit, and others here. Such hatred for different opinions causes the target to dig in and state things more strongly than is actually the case. You for example see those notes as reasonable, they would be strongly hated here.
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Rincewind1

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April 14, 2013, 07:10:37 PM
Quote from: gleichman;645890Dealing with the likes of  TristramEvans, Pundit, and others here. Such hatred for different opinions causes the target to dig in and state things more strongly than is actually the case.

Talk shit.

Cry and claim martyrdom when kids are mean to you.

:boohoo:
Furthermore, I consider that  This is Why We Don\'t Like You thread should be closed

TristramEvans

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April 15, 2013, 08:34:05 PM
Quote from: gleichman;645890Dealing with the likes of  TristramEvans, Pundit, and others here.

Hey , don't drag me into this. I didnt meet you until after you decided to act like an ass.
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